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Apposite Quotation

Alistair Young

Alistair Young

Oct 24, 2016

Today’s this-very-much-belongs-in-my-universe, courtesy of Borderlands 2 and a New-U station:

“If any idiot ever tells you that life would be meaningless without death, Hyperion recommends killing them.”

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